Learned from this that a qilin became associated with GIRAFFES?!?! Wiki says this comes from the Ming dynasty woooooow
Also, Baidu always does a vernacular version of the poem, and when I put that through google translate: The unicorns do not kick people with their feet. They are kind and worthy sons. You all look like unicorns! Qilin's forehead doesn't hit anyone, and he is kind and respectable. You all look like unicorns! The sharp horns of unicorns do not hurt people, and they are kind and respectable. You all look like unicorns!
I DIE.
Apparently this is similar to Confucius's 获麟歌, where the first phrase describes the qilin, the second the noble, and the third lamenting the unfortunate qilin; the aristocratic killing of the qilin as a metaphor for ruling classes persecuting sages (inc Confucius).
Re: Lin Zhi Zhi
Also, Baidu always does a vernacular version of the poem, and when I put that through google translate:
The unicorns do not kick people with their feet. They are kind and worthy sons. You all look like unicorns!
Qilin's forehead doesn't hit anyone, and he is kind and respectable. You all look like unicorns!
The sharp horns of unicorns do not hurt people, and they are kind and respectable. You all look like unicorns!
I DIE.
Apparently this is similar to Confucius's 获麟歌, where the first phrase describes the qilin, the second the noble, and the third lamenting the unfortunate qilin; the aristocratic killing of the qilin as a metaphor for ruling classes persecuting sages (inc Confucius).